Day 287 - Water droplets on crocus

Day 286 - Warped bike tire

Day 285 - Yellow orchid at Hamachi Kita

For dinner we had sushi at Hamachi Kita. We had current favourites the Hamachi House Roll and the Chef's Spicy Tuna Roll. The window seat to the left side provides a nice view of the street and an orchid.

Day 284 - Building and Cloud

Day 283 - St. Mary's Basilica

Day 282- Neon Reflection on Bench in the Rain

Friday saw more rain, snow, hail, etc. Typical March weather. Yes, we have been very spoiled indeed. After picking up a morning coffee my eye caught a reflection of a neon sign on the bench outside Uncommon Grounds on South Park.

Day 281 - Halifax Twestival

On Thursday people in more than 175 cities across the globe attended meetups to raise money for Concern Worldwide, an organization that helps provide an education to the worlds poorest children. This is what I like most about social media - combining the 'social' (meeting people over drinks) with fundraising. Halifax held its event at Tribeca. Organizers Darrin Searancke and Amy Logan pulled things together in a very short time but did a great job. It was nice seeing familiar faces and meeting new people while supporting a good cause.

Day 280 - Sandstone Columns

The sun briefly made an appearance after work, just long enough to grab a shot of the sandstone columns on the front of Province House. Gotta love the look of Wallace sandstone.

Day 279 - Bubbles

Day 278 - Fog over Saint Matthew's Church

Today ended up being a nice day but it began foggy. The fog seemed to foretell an end to the sunny days wearing shorts and flip flops, at least for the time being.

Day 277 - Blue Sky and Birch

A nice weekend on Caribou Island.

Day 276 - Thrush Hermit Reunion

Thrush Hermit was an alternative rock band from Halifax in the 1990's, whose members included Joel Plaskett prior to his work with the Joel Plaskett Emergency and his solo career. The band is in the midst of an eastern Canada reunion tour. Thrush rocked it hard for an appreciative crowd at the Paragon Friday night with opening band Myles Deck and the Fuzz kicking things off. It was great to hear some of the old songs again.

Day 275 - Crocus

First flower of Spring.

Day 274 - Beep Discontinued

Farmers Dairy recently decided to discontinue Beep. Maritimers were instantly thrown into nostalgic tales ranging from riding on the back of the Farmer's dairy truck with grandpa to making Beep vodka martinis and barfing in the bushes. Yes the internet has been abuzz with Beep stories. A mix of orange, apple, apricot and prune 'flavors' (I can't really give these credit for being juice) it is definitely a love it or hate it kind of drink. Even a Beep Facebook page has been formed for people to share their tales of lament/outrage.

Day 273 - Saint Patrick's Day

After work I went to Your Father's Moustache with friends and coworkers for green beer (I couldn't stomach any - yuck), fiddle tunes (deedly deedly deedly dee...IT'S THE SAME SONG) and some laughs. Susie models the 2007 St. Paddy's Day Guinness hat. The '07 collection is a particularly good vintage as it fell on a Saturday. Quite frankly it is a miracle this hat survived.

Day 272 - Lite-Brite

A discussion about Lite-Brite over dinner last Friday night sent me on a search for a photo of the original classic toy. As a kid I loved 'painting' scenes using the light shining through the coloured pegs. A quick shout out for help in locating a unit was responded to by my coworker Maureen. Her toy was in excellent condition. Best of all there were lots of patterns from which to choose. Being good Bluenosers we decided on the sail boat pattern and followed the original colour palette recommendation. For artistic effect I cropped it square and added a slight tilt to the horizon to simulate motion.

Fun fact: The current record holder for largest lite-brite is held by San Diego-based advertising agency, VitroRobertson. It was used in a promotional campaign for their client ASICS using 347,004 pegs.

Day 271 - Morning at the Town Clock

The time change threw me for a loop, particularly waking up in the dark. After some early morning grumbling I realized the time difference allowed me to catch the tail end of morning sunrise on my way to work. I fired off three frames (bracketed +-3) and combined them using Photomatix plugin for Aperture. I am still not comfortable using Photomatix. I can't seem to find a natural looking tonal range; everything still has that surreal HDR look. And yes a tripod would have been helpful. Oh well, practice makes perfect.

Day 270 - The Brier

Day 269 - Blue Sky

Day 268 - Building. Blue Sky. Nice day. Yes.

Day 267 - Building Quilt

Day 266 - Light Trails

Downtown Halifax, Casino Parkade

Day 265 - Warm sun don't leave us

It was cold and cloudy most of the day. I was part way through posting a dreary cloudy day shot when the sun finally made its appearance. I snagged a shot through my home office window. The sun won out over the clouds in the end.

Day 264 - Blue sky, wispy clouds and tugboats

Day 263 - Point Pleasant Park

Sun and warm temperatures brought people outside in droves. There is something energizing and hopeful about the first warm day in March. Spring is in the air.

Day 262 - Sun makes appearance

We had an enjoyable walk downtown today. Even though it was windy it was great to see the sun.

Day 261 - Building renovation

NS Power headquarters renovation

Day 260 - Grain Elevators

Day 259 - Train Tracks

Day 258 - Layers

Day 257 - To Do: Buy new wipers

Looks like all this rain is taking its toll.